MINUTES OF ZOOM MEETING : Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Editor: Hilda Finnigan
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
July 31 – Happy Birthday to Greg McDowell
Aug 3 – Happy Anniversary to Kay & Larry Hurren
Aug 15 – Happy Birthday to Launi Ellliott
Aug 16 – Happy Birthday to Richard Boatman
Aug 20 – Happy Anniversary to Colleen & Mike McLaren
Aug 22 – Happy Birthday to Kim Boatman
Aug 23 – Happy Birthday to Terri Lynn Larocque
Aug 28 – Happy Birthday to Devon Biddle
Aug 29 – Happy Anniversary to Linda & Craig Porritt
Aug 31 – Happy Birthday to David Andrews
On the Zoom Call Tonight:
Pres. Sue McKinnon, Kris Sachdeva, Janice Coupland, Lennis Trotter, Hilda Finnigan, David Andrews, Ted Morrison, Robert Kipling, Tim Dwyre, David Penney, Bill Creamer, Linda Porritt, Sandy McDowell, Robbie Laroque, Allan Finnigan, Durham Regional Chair John Henry (Guest Speaker and Visiting Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Oshawa)
Guest : Welcome to our Durham Regional Chair John Henry (our Guest Speaker and Visiting Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Oshawa)
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO: our very own Oshawa-Parkwood Rotarian Eric Guernsey for arranging the Zoom Meeting sharing with Heather McMillan, Executive Director of the Durham Workforce Authority, The Durham Workforce Authority is the acknowledged provider of local workforce information and champion of workforce development initiatives unique to Durham Region. Their Mission is to produce and offer comprehensive Labour Market Information to our stakeholders, to facilitate workforce solutions by engaging community partners and employers and to encourage development and maintenance of a sustainable and dynamic workforce. It was so nice to be able to have a whole hour for our Zoom meeting. We thank you both and hope we can continue in July.
PRESIDENT SUE’S OPENING REMARKS:
President Sue MacKinnon started the meeting at 7:02 pm and welcomed everyone !!!
A MOMENT OF REFLECTION:
Pres. Sue opened our meeting by asking 10 seconds of silence to reflect on “how we could be a better person”.
Birthdays /Anniversaries Sandy thanked Pres. Sue for the reminder re Greg’s birthday!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ted reminded all of us to tell our friends and neighbours that there is still time to make a donation to our Rotary Club to help fight COVID-19 right here in Oshawa and our club will match their donation. Thank you to Kim and Sandy for their excellent half page ad in the May 13 and May 20 editions of The Oshawa Express and the news article in the May 20 edition, announcing our big fundraiser to fight COVID-19 here in our community. Thank you for the news article too announcing the matching funds donation. Our Rotary Club will match dollar for dollar, up to a maximum of $5,000, all money received from the public to go local community organizations to help them fight the COVID-19 pandemic. As individuals, we all can make a donation to help get to the $5,000 mark, and our club will match that. Lets all get together and put on that one last big push. This is the FINAL Two weeks. Done on Aug 15.
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MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President Sue also noted a few more events too:
July 29 – Rotary Club Board of Directors Zoom Meeting at 6:30 PM – On Finances
Rotary District 7070 Virtual Walk for AIDS and Community Health will take place on July 29 at 7 PM. Please register on the District 7070 Website https://rotary7070.org/event/district-7070-rotary-aids---community-health-walk/
Treasurer Bill Creamer: Dues are Due. Very soon, you will receive an invoice from our Treasurer for the 2020-21 Rotary Dues. The Annual Dues will be $230.00. At the same time, you will have the option to make a donation to The Rotary Foundation Annual Programs Fund of $100 and a donation to The Rotary Foundation PolioPlus Funds for $20 (or more if you wish). You will be credited towards your next Paul Harris Fellow Award. Please pay your dues promptly when you get your invoice, by mailing or dropping off your cheque (or cash), payable to the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, to 96 King Street East, Oshawa L1H 1B6. Thank you everyone. We have already received our invoice from Rotary International.
Meals On Wheels – 2 Volunteers Are Still Required - President Sue’s car insurance no longer allows her to drive her car for meals on wheels. She is also on vacation for a few weeks coming up . She will look into the Rotary Club insurance to see if her car is covered for “Rotary business”. We need 2 volunteers. Please see President Sue so that our Rotary Club can fulfill our commitment to this very important community service.
ROTARY BOTTLE DRIVE IN OSHAWA HOSTED BY OUR 2 OSHAWA ROTARY CLUBS :
President Sue announced that our Club made $1,000 on the Bottle Drive. Thank you all for helping.
President Sue announced the SEPT 26 – Rotary Community Bottle and Food Drive - in every Community in Rotary District 7070. We will be joining all of the Rotary Clubs all across southern Ontario , here in District 7070 as we hold a Community Bottle and Food Drive on Saturday September 26. This will be an opportunity for Rotary clubs to promote the great work and “endless opportunities” of Rotary from Etobicoke, east to Picton and Belleville and north to Alliston and Newmarket. Stay tuned. Get ready to volunteer. More to come. Each club will be responsible for the details and logistics of their event. District 7070 will help promote on social media. Note to Clubs: Don’t forget to tag @rotary7070 and #rotary7070 on your own Club social media posts. WOW. 55 Rotary Clubs and one huge bottle drive like Southern Ontario has never seen before
OUR REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS RETURN TO THE OSHAWA GOLF CLUB ON AUGUST 18:
Some issues regarding our return to the Golf Club on August 18th
Alternative for Visa being discussed
Members will need to inform David if they are coming to a meeting to ensure a meal is prepared. He will send out a letter in a few days.
We will need a minimum of 20 attending each meeting at the Golf Club.
There will be more discussion prior to our return to the Golf Club.
NEW MEMBERSHIP LIST:
Hilda asked if the updated Membership Phone / email and Mailing Address Lists had been received and were correct. Those present stated “Yes”.
Bulletin Editor for August 2020 is Janice Coupland. Thank you Janice for volunteering.